I had my 4th round of chemotherapy this past Wednesday, the 20th. We typically check in at CCNW in the morning, get my bloodwork done, see Dr. Danko, then start the chemo.
We did all of that but saw Dr. Danko's nurse practitioner, Teresa Ogden, instead. She was nice and the visit was more brief than we typically have with Dr. Danko. She let us know that I would NOT be getting the extra drug (Etoposide) today due to my recent dental work.
So we got the chemo going relatively early, and got done around 2:30pm which was nice. During chemo round 3 I developed a stomach ache for some reason and dealt with that throughout the treatment and into the evening. Luckily I didn't have that this time...I was grateful for that.
As you'll recall, I was to get 4 chemotherapy treatments and then a PET scan. The scan is scheduled for March 6th. We're guessing we will find out the results of that at our visit with Dr. Danko just before chemotherapy round 5 on March 12th. We try to not allow the results of this upcoming scan mean the end of the world, or that I'm 100% cured, but we are definitely anxious for these results as they mean so much in determining the future. It is 100% in the hands of Heavenly Father.
In the past I have had a good day or two right after the treatments, then deal with a bad week or so. I didn't get that this time...Thursday and Friday weren't great, but today isn't so bad.
I went in for my post-op check up with the dentist yesterday..everything healing well with no complications which was great news.
Missy and her kids visited last night...she's in town for Trey's playoff basketball game at University High School this evening..our rival high school here in Spokane Valley. Mindy and the kids are heading over now to go swimming with them.
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